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Weelfried M Kawaya
Snr Information Security Analyst Advisor
Aldie, VA, United States
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Experience:
Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Monitor, evaluate, and maintain systems and procedures to safeguard internal information systems, network, databases, and Web-based security.
Monitors and analyzes Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation
Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information
Evaluates firewall change requests and assesses organizational risk
Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems
Conducts regular audits to ensure that systems are being operated securely, and information systems security policies and procedures are being implemented as defined in security plans
Safeguards the network against unauthorized infiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure
Conducts investigations of information systems security violations and incidents, reporting as necessary to management
Implements, enforces, communicates, and develops security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, telecommunications, and information systems security education/awareness programs
Provides information to management regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information
Provides information assurance project management, technical security staff oversight, and development of mission-critical technical documents
Ensure compliance with regulations and privacy laws & Responds to queries and requests for computer security information and reports
Provides recommendations to clients on information assurance engineering standards, implementation dependencies, and changing information assurance related technologies
2022 : Present
General Dynamics Information Technology
Snr Information Security Analyst Advisor
◎ I am responsible for a team of highly qualified network engineers, who assess, engineer, deploy, scale, and operate our purpose built networks.
◎ Lead by example a network operations, engineering, standardization, optimization, technology refresh, and custom
—> while ensuring any escalated operations events on our network are mitigated with speed and precision.
◎ hire, develop, and grow a great team, set priorities, and deliver sustained network availability improvements.
◎ improve our network health by developing and delivering key operational metrics that point us to critical risks and problems, and drive to closure.
◎ relentlessly enhance our metrics and processes to continuously improve availability and performance.
As a Technical leaders - have been there, done that - and understand their environment to accurately represent highly technical issues and matters; as well as exercise sound judgment during high severity events.
HAVE EXPERIENCE OF :
· 10+ years in IP networking technologies such as - BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP, with 2+ years in a network team management role
· Experience driving planning, engineering, deployment, scaling, operations, and/or enhancement of industry leading IP routed network solutions
· Experience presenting to senior management on matters such as root cause analysis and error correction from customer impacting events, metrics and reporting.
Experience in contributing to the definition and implementation of automation opportunities within an operational network environment
· Experience in Agile management and ITIL Framework methodologies.
· Experience working with immediate and extended teams.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills, and strong project management skills
· Ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision, and keep up with a fast moving environment via effective prioritization and time management.
· Strong desire to innovate, ability to multitask, sense of ownership, and urgency.
2019 : 2022
Zensar Technologies
Network Operations Manager
Target North Campus
• Contribute to construction activities ensuring architectural and operational requirements are met
• Utilize standard enterprise tools to develop or implement infrastructure hardware, software or other technical components
• Resolve hardware, operational, infrastructure and application incidents
• Provide preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and quickly resolve problems to ensure infrastructure and application stability
• Collaborate with Security and Infrastructure teams to develop consistent technical solutions, implementation activities and support processes
• Participate in the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of platforms, applications and infrastructure services
Requirements
• Has in-depth knowledge of network security and security operations, including firewall rules
• Experience managing security policies
• Has in-depth knowledge of state-of-the art engineering technical approaches in design, build, testing, debugging problems as required by domain
• Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
2016 : 2019
Target
Snr. Network Security Engineer
. Contribute to network stability by modifying network infrastructure in response to application changes and ensuring the network complies with service level and licensing agreements
. Maintain documentation of network activities, problems and resolution within designated area of responsibility
. Install, configure and maintain network services, equipment and devices
. Plan, manage, and execute large Network infrastructure projects.
. Facilitate the resolution of complex technical issues by troubleshooting network issues, collaborating with other IT disciplines and providing recommendations for backup and recovery methods
. Support the operational strength of network services by participating in capacity planning, resource management and performance enhancement activities
. Assist the development of junior associates by sharing knowledge, answering questions and offering guidance
. Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value “can do” people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun
. Adopt QBE values in personal work behaviors, decision-making, contributions and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspectives
2015 : 2016
NAU Country Insurance Company
Senior Network Engineer
EOH MS PS.
Serve as the senior Network and Security Engineer on a team which manages a LAN/WAN and Security and consist of 500 and 9000 users network and oversees the technical implementation of the rest of the network and security infrastructure team.
- Perform strategic planning and budgeting and planning for total cost of ownership for data and voice technologies.
- recommend, design, and build out network security environments and management solutions consisting of Cisco,Juniper and Fortinet security technologies.
- Work closely with Service Delivery Manager and PM for overall network and security direction.
- provide mentoring, leadership, direction for network and voice engineering staff.
- Manage vendor relationships consisting of Cisco, Mitel, Avaya
- Proactively monitor network devices, Firewalls and IDPs, Using CSM, NSM and Cisco Prime.
- Extensive experience supporting Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.
- Experience with 802.11x and VOIP installation and support.
- Expert-level understanding of internetworking technologies including TCP, UDP, STP, VTP, VPN,
EIGRP, OSPF, access-control lists, and policy routing.
- Day to day management of customer security & network infrastructure.
- Make recommendation on process improvements and ensure compliance and adherence to the Company policy
- identifying and reacting to network attacks and intrusions;
- maintaining firewall hardware and software and firewall management platforms.
- Advice customer on operational risk to understand requirements related to security risk raised and regulatory compliance, and map those requirements to current security capabilities and best practice.
- Proactively monitor network activities in order to prevent significant reputational, financial or other loss.
- Promotes a continuous awareness of security risk, value to ensure timely correct measure is taken.
- Firewall / Intrusion Detection monitoring 24/7.
2011 : 2015
EOH International
Senior Network and Security Engineer
Monitors and analyzes Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation
Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information
Evaluates firewall change requests and assesses organizational risk
Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems
Conducts regular audits to ensure that systems are being operated securely, and information systems security policies and procedures are being implemented as defined in security plans
Safeguards the network against unauthorized infiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure
Conducts investigations of information systems security violations and incidents, reporting as necessary to management
Implements, enforces, communicates, and develops security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, telecommunications, and information systems security education/awareness programs
Provides information to management regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information
Provides information assurance project management, technical security staff oversight, and development of mission-critical technical documents
Ensure compliance with regulations and privacy laws & Responds to queries and requests for computer security information and reports
Provides recommendations to clients on information assurance engineering standards, implementation dependencies, and changing information assurance related technologies
2022 : Present
General Dynamics Information Technology
Snr Information Security Analyst Advisor
◎ I am responsible for a team of highly qualified network engineers, who assess, engineer, deploy, scale, and operate our purpose built networks.
◎ Lead by example a network operations, engineering, standardization, optimization, technology refresh, and custom
—> while ensuring any escalated operations events on our network are mitigated with speed and precision.
◎ hire, develop, and grow a great team, set priorities, and deliver sustained network availability improvements.
◎ improve our network health by developing and delivering key operational metrics that point us to critical risks and problems, and drive to closure.
◎ relentlessly enhance our metrics and processes to continuously improve availability and performance.
As a Technical leaders - have been there, done that - and understand their environment to accurately represent highly technical issues and matters; as well as exercise sound judgment during high severity events.
HAVE EXPERIENCE OF :
· 10+ years in IP networking technologies such as - BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP, with 2+ years in a network team management role
· Experience driving planning, engineering, deployment, scaling, operations, and/or enhancement of industry leading IP routed network solutions
· Experience presenting to senior management on matters such as root cause analysis and error correction from customer impacting events, metrics and reporting.
Experience in contributing to the definition and implementation of automation opportunities within an operational network environment
· Experience in Agile management and ITIL Framework methodologies.
· Experience working with immediate and extended teams.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills, and strong project management skills
· Ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision, and keep up with a fast moving environment via effective prioritization and time management.
· Strong desire to innovate, ability to multitask, sense of ownership, and urgency.
2019 : 2022
Zensar Technologies
Network Operations Manager
Target North Campus
• Contribute to construction activities ensuring architectural and operational requirements are met
• Utilize standard enterprise tools to develop or implement infrastructure hardware, software or other technical components
• Resolve hardware, operational, infrastructure and application incidents
• Provide preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and quickly resolve problems to ensure infrastructure and application stability
• Collaborate with Security and Infrastructure teams to develop consistent technical solutions, implementation activities and support processes
• Participate in the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of platforms, applications and infrastructure services
Requirements
• Has in-depth knowledge of network security and security operations, including firewall rules
• Experience managing security policies
• Has in-depth knowledge of state-of-the art engineering technical approaches in design, build, testing, debugging problems as required by domain
• Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
2016 : 2019
Target
Snr. Network Security Engineer
. Contribute to network stability by modifying network infrastructure in response to application changes and ensuring the network complies with service level and licensing agreements
. Maintain documentation of network activities, problems and resolution within designated area of responsibility
. Install, configure and maintain network services, equipment and devices
. Plan, manage, and execute large Network infrastructure projects.
. Facilitate the resolution of complex technical issues by troubleshooting network issues, collaborating with other IT disciplines and providing recommendations for backup and recovery methods
. Support the operational strength of network services by participating in capacity planning, resource management and performance enhancement activities
. Assist the development of junior associates by sharing knowledge, answering questions and offering guidance
. Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value “can do” people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun
. Adopt QBE values in personal work behaviors, decision-making, contributions and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspectives
2015 : 2016
NAU Country Insurance Company
Senior Network Engineer
EOH MS PS.
Serve as the senior Network and Security Engineer on a team which manages a LAN/WAN and Security and consist of 500 and 9000 users network and oversees the technical implementation of the rest of the network and security infrastructure team.
- Perform strategic planning and budgeting and planning for total cost of ownership for data and voice technologies.
- recommend, design, and build out network security environments and management solutions consisting of Cisco,Juniper and Fortinet security technologies.
- Work closely with Service Delivery Manager and PM for overall network and security direction.
- provide mentoring, leadership, direction for network and voice engineering staff.
- Manage vendor relationships consisting of Cisco, Mitel, Avaya
- Proactively monitor network devices, Firewalls and IDPs, Using CSM, NSM and Cisco Prime.
- Extensive experience supporting Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.
- Experience with 802.11x and VOIP installation and support.
- Expert-level understanding of internetworking technologies including TCP, UDP, STP, VTP, VPN,
EIGRP, OSPF, access-control lists, and policy routing.
- Day to day management of customer security & network infrastructure.
- Make recommendation on process improvements and ensure compliance and adherence to the Company policy
- identifying and reacting to network attacks and intrusions;
- maintaining firewall hardware and software and firewall management platforms.
- Advice customer on operational risk to understand requirements related to security risk raised and regulatory compliance, and map those requirements to current security capabilities and best practice.
- Proactively monitor network activities in order to prevent significant reputational, financial or other loss.
- Promotes a continuous awareness of security risk, value to ensure timely correct measure is taken.
- Firewall / Intrusion Detection monitoring 24/7.
2011 : 2015
EOH International
Senior Network and Security Engineer
Company:
General Dynamics Information Technology
Spoken Language:
French
About
Bilingual (English & French) skilled Engineer in Information Technology, Communication and Telecommunication.
Soft Skills/Competencies:
Communication Skills:
My writing skills, English, are very good and I certainly am a clear speaker. Being
Comfortable speaking in front of an audience I can easily facilitate meetings and brainstorming sessions. I simply enjoy communicating with others.
Interpersonal Skills:
As a friendly, polite person, with positive attitude I work well with others and in the past often has proven me to deal with difficult situations in a careful and considerate manner.
Learning Skills:
I have a high capacity for learning, pick up new skills and ideas quickly, and generally thrive on challenges. Enthusiasm and creativity give me an edge on difficult projects.
Problem Solving Skills:
My analytical skills help me troubleshoot problems and uncover root causes.
I am creative and tenacious.
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